SYRACUSE,
N.Y. – Freshman midfielder Jordan Vale (Auckland, New Zealand) and
senior forward Louis Clark (Brighton, England) were named to the National
Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Northeast Region Team Sunday,
Dec. 9. Vale was picked to the second team, while Clark earned third-team
honors.
Vale and Clark are the program’s first all-region
selections since Hansen Woodruff (second team) in 2008. It marks the first time
Syracuse has had multiple all-region honorees in the same season since 2002.
The pair helped lead an Orange offense that
posted 39 goals in 2012, tied for the seventh-highest total in team history, and
almost twice as many as it had last year.
Vale started every match for the Orange and
finished the campaign as the squad's leading scorer. His nine goals were the
most for an SU freshman since Kirk Johnson netted nine in 2000, and Vale's 21
points were the most for a first-year Orange player since 2001 (Jarett Park,
24).
Clark contributed 12 points on four goals and
four assists. He also started every game and tied his career high with two
goals, including the game-winner, to lead Syracuse to a come-from-behind victory
against VCU in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
The honors
are latest in a slew of awards for the Orange following its most successful
season to date. Syracuse posted a 14-6-1 overall record and advanced to the
third round of the NCAA Tournament were it was eliminated on penalty kicks by
national runner-up Georgetown.
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